Article by Eduard Apostol – published Monday, June 16, 2025, 19:24 / updated Monday, June 16, 2025 7:24
Standard Liege (12th place in the last edition of the Belgian Championship) He today presented Mircea Rednic, the 63 -year -old Romanian returning “home” as stated. GSP.ro presents you the first discussions about the old mercato and, at the same time, the new club of “Puriului”
Mircea Rednic, 63, is the new coach of Standard Liege and the Romanian entered his team. One of soul for “pure”. Always, apart from his affinity declared for Dinamo Bucharest, Rednic has always spoke about the standard. Mircea's residence is in a town near Liege. One of them, because it has several properties, both in Belgium and in Romania.
Mircea Rednic's first reaction for GSP.ro: “Standard is” home “for me”
“I am happy with this opportunity. Standard is a big tradition club, it is” home “for me. I am again in a top championship. Liege is a beautiful city, dear to me, and supporters have a special role in my soul,” Mircea Rednic reacted at a few moments after signed “return” to the standard.
Formation that he also trained between October 2012-June 2013. Of the Romanian footballers, in the first term in Liege, Rednic brought the ex-Dedicists Adrian Cristea and George Țucudean. But also the ivorian zie Diabate, which he launched in Stefan cel Mare.
It is now that Mircea Rednic will discuss with the management of the club about what transfers must do standard.
50.6Millions of euros is the share of Standard Liege's current group on Transfermarkt
Two offensive footballers for Standard Liege
Ilay Camara (22 years old, left midfielder, returned after the loan at Molenbeek) and Dennis Ayenns (28, striker, returned after the loan at Union SG) are Standard's certain regiments for the next season.
At the same time, many other players are monitored. Among them, Timothe Nkada (25 years old), a striker, former international of France U20. Transfermarkt quoted on the tip of 1.80 meters to 2.8 million euros. The French player with Senegalese blood was raised at Rennes's juniors.
Nkada is under contract with Rodez, from the French second league, it remained as standard to make an official approach if he continues to want the footballer.
Another player monitored by Belgians is the extreme Adnane Abid (21 years old), with Moroccan origins, which is a contract with Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, the group from the internal second step.
8goals and 12 assists gathered Abid for Maasmechelen in the season just ended in 36 matches
17goals and 5 assists gathered NKADA for Rodez in the season just ended in 35 matches
Axel Witsel ready to return to his first love, standard Liege, where he met his wife
Several articles have appeared in the international press in the last period that presented a possible Come-back by Axel Witsel in Liege.
Photo. Axel Witsel is married to the Romanian Raffaela Szabo, whom he met in Liege
Former Belgian international Axel Witsel (36 years old), who broke up with Atletico Madrid last weeks, is married to a Romanian, Raffaela Szabo (31 years old), born in Brasov.
Together they have two girls: Maï-Li and Ev. At the age of two, Raffaela Szabo emigrated with her parents to Belgium. The two met through common friends during the time Witsel was still evolving at Standard Liege.
Witsel, a player with 132 selections and 12 goals for “red devils”, and was one of Ladislau Boloni's important people at Standard Liege in 2009, when the team won the last champion title in history.
Axel Witsel played at 5 final tournaments with Belgium and won the bronze at CM 2018. It could collaborate with a Romanian again!
Witsel participated in the World Cups of 2014, 2018 and 2022 and Euro 2016 and 2020.
With the best generation in Belgian football, Witsel has achieved the biggest performance: the bronze medal at the World Cup in Russia. Axel started at the standard, and in 2011 Benfica purchased for 9 million euros.
After a year, the Lusitanians sold it to Zenit St. Petersburg for 40 million euros! Where he collaborated with Mircea Lucescu, the current coach of tricolors, who was the Russian coach in 2016/2017.
Witsel also went to China, to Quanjian, 20 million euros the amount of the transfer. Borussia Dortmund purchased in 2018 for 20 million euros, and Witsel was also captain at BVB.
In 2022, Axel reached Atletico Madrid, which he separated this summer.
2008is the year in which Witsel has received the Belgian Best Footballer of the Year
12Trophy won the Belgian midfielder with standard, Zenit, Benfica and Dortmund
